Thematic Units in French & Spanish - Thematic content-based units available in French, Japanese, & Spanish distributed through the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University. Each unit is grounded in a piece of children's literature and can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or ordered at cost in printed/book form by clicking on the "Ordering Information" on the right side.
Topical Units in Spanish - Thematic Units set up according to class level. There are not content based and don't really tell what exactly the students learn (as in vocab or grammar used) but there are a lot of good ideas that you can apply to your own plans.-
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Transformative Teaching
Srodes, Zander. (2010, January). Charlas de tortugaslibro de actividades. OceanConnectors.org. Retrieved May 15, 2012, from http://www.oceanconnectors.org/pdfs/observationactevaluationformresourcelists/Turtle%20Talks_span.pdf
Associated Press. (2007, December 20). U.S. teen brings new school to rural Cambodia. MSNBC.com. Retrieved May 15, 2012, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22397372/ns/us_news-giving#.T7H44-tYuSo
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The College Board. (2011). AP Spanish language and culture curriculum framework 2013-2014. The College Board, p. 27. Retrieved May 14, 2012, from http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/11b_3435_AP_SpanLang_CF_WEB_110930.pdf
The College Board. (2011). Contexts. The College Board. Retrieved May 14, 2012, from http://tsdwlstandards.wikispaces.com/AP+information
Collaborative Activities
Critical Thinking Activities
Grammar-related Activities
Interactive Activities
Participant Pages
Resources
Comunicando con palabras.
Yaw, Janice R. (1983). Juegos de colores. Dayton, OH: Gessler Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 0-915328-99-2
Sample Units
Templates